Miss. R. Cir. & Cnty. Ct. 4.04

As amended through October 22, 2024

Rule 4.04 - Jury Selection Process

A. Peremptory jury challenges shall be exercised as follows:

1. The court shall consider all challenges for cause before the parties are required to exercise peremptory challenges.

2. Next, the plaintiff shall tender to the defendant a full panel of accepted jurors having considered the jury in the order in which they appear, having exercised any peremptory challenges desired.

3. Next, the defendant shall go down the juror list accepted by the plaintiff and exercise any peremptory challenge(s) to that panel.

4. Once the defendant exercises peremptory challenges to the panel tendered, the plaintiff shall then be required to again tender to the defendant a full panel of accepted jurors.

5. The above procedure shall be repeated until a full panel of jurors has been accepted by both sides.

6. Once the jury panel is selected, alternate jurors shall be selected following the procedure set forth above for selecting the jury panel.

B. Constitutional challenges to the use of peremptory challenges shall be made at the time each panel is tendered.

Miss. R. Cir. & Cnty. Ct. 4.04

Amended April 18, 1995; renumbered May 15, 2017, effective 7/1/2017.